View Full Version : Help! Mobile phone problem.
daz90
30th April 2006, 21:19
I recently bought a Samsung D500 phone off eBay, but four weeks later the bloody battery has been draining itself after a days use, it started the other night after i had plugged it into the USB on my PC to take some pictures off, before that i had an easy four days use out of the battery. I have bought a new battery, and it drains in the same way as the original.
Anyone else have/had one of these phones, and experienced similar problems?
Or do you know any high street places that can help fix the bloody thing?
NFFC_1865
30th April 2006, 21:23
Samsung batterys are shit!
I've had both the d500 and the d600 and my battery never lasts for 24hrs.
daz90
30th April 2006, 21:39
I had an E800 before this one, and that battery lasted for about a week, this one lasting 24 hours is shite, and surely that cant be right?
Pood
30th April 2006, 21:40
My mates had both the d500 and d600..battery was garbage on both..I got a nokia 6230i and its just as bad. I long for the days of my 7250i..lasted me a week and only 1 hour(ish) to charge...perfect!
great white
30th April 2006, 22:07
Drain the thing completely and then put it on continuous charge for a minimum of 36 hours do not unplug or use it.....
daz90
30th April 2006, 22:50
Cheers GW, that is something someone else suggested too.
great white
30th April 2006, 22:57
Cheers GW, that is something someone else suggested too.It's common knowledge any product you buy that uses a rechargeable battery should be drained first before the first charge and the makers instruction booklet followed to the letter with regards to the initial charge and subsequent recharging........
StretfordEnd
30th April 2006, 23:06
It's obvious that if these new 'phones have hi res. displays and 2megapixel cameras, along with video capability, MP3 players and 'real music' ring tones, that the batteries aren't going to last as long?
daz90
30th April 2006, 23:36
Maybe, but i dont use the MP3 thing on it, and it only has a 1.3 mega pixel camera.
And like i said it went three weeks working with 3 or 4 days battery life, untill last Wednesday night when i plugged it into the PC with full bars showing, only for it to be dead flat by morning (at 5 AM), thus leaving me with no watch/clock for work. I also left it on charge while at work, i got home and turned it on, it showed one bar, so i put it back on charge untill fully charged a few hours later, it then died again overnight.
Mike14741
30th April 2006, 23:40
I know a few people with D500's and D600's and they all say the same, that the battery is poor and needs charging every day.
I was also told that there is no point totally draining and re-charging the newer phone battery's as they aren't the same type as the older ones that needed it. Whether it's true or not I don't know.
Just to add I have a K750 and can get best part of a week, if not more out of my original battery.
great white
30th April 2006, 23:52
It's obvious that if these new 'phones have hi res. displays and 2megapixel cameras, along with video capability, MP3 players and 'real music' ring tones, that the batteries aren't going to last as long?It's more down to the owner not reading the facking user instructions in honesty.....I seriously cannot believe how simple some instruction manuals are printed these days....BIG BOLD TYPE to make sure that it can be seen for the most important points but it is never followed......
As I've stated before Indishit and Ariston washing machines have printed in big writing on the packaging that their washing machines have been tested/quality controlled using water.....asked the rep why he just laughed and said "stoopid inglish import regulations"
StretfordEnd
30th April 2006, 23:58
I was also told that there is no point totally draining and re-charging the newer phone battery's as they aren't the same type as the older ones that needed it. Whether it's true or not I don't know.
It's supposedly true that Lithium Ion batteries don't have a 'memory', so in theory at least shouldn't need to be totally discharged before recharging.
ITFC Jez
1st May 2006, 00:34
Drain the thing completely and then put it on continuous charge for a minimum of 36 hours do not unplug or use it.....
Does that mean that the phone will still continue to be charging even when the "battery fully charged" message appears?
The person in the mobile shop said to me not to leave the phone charging over night as it kills the cells in the battery. :confused
great white
1st May 2006, 01:22
Does that mean that the phone will still continue to be charging even when the "battery fully charged" message appears?
The person in the mobile shop said to me not to leave the phone charging over night as it kills the cells in the battery. :confusedCharge it whilst it's switched off ......How the feck can you expect to fully charge a phones battery if the fecker is still turned on and active
Jaysus!!! are you really all that feckin' thick?....
ITFC Jez
1st May 2006, 02:07
Charge it whilst it's switched off ......How the feck can you expect to fully charge a phones battery if the fecker is still turned on and active
Jaysus!!! are you really all that feckin' thick?....
I DO charge it when it's off! But the D500 still shows you the charging display and the "fully charged" thing etc!!! :slap:
Now answer my question! :thumb
great white
1st May 2006, 09:48
Now answer my question! :thumbMy aged Sagem X1-² states that the battery is charged and stops taking anymore juice the same goes for my digicam, razor, beard trimmer, butt plug, cd player, bike lights, household torch, Black & Decker dustbuster and Dremel machine tool all of which use rechargeable batteries...
SFCFAN
1st May 2006, 09:58
I recently bought a Samsung D500 phone off eBay, but four weeks later the bloody battery has been draining itself after a days use, it started the other night after i had plugged it into the USB on my PC to take some pictures off, before that i had an easy four days use out of the battery. I have bought a new battery, and it drains in the same way as the original.
Anyone else have/had one of these phones, and experienced similar problems?
Or do you know any high street places that can help fix the bloody thing?
I always go with Nokia's the easiest phones to use around got the 6230i the other day love the phone :D
http://www.first-handyshop.de/handy/Nokia/6230i/nokia-6230i-1.jpg
ITFC Jez
1st May 2006, 11:19
My aged Sagem X1-² states that the battery is charged and stops taking anymore juice the same goes for my digicam, razor, beard trimmer, butt plug, cd player, bike lights, household torch, Black & Decker dustbuster and Dremel machine tool all of which use rechargeable batteries...
So what would be the point of charging it for 36 straight hours if it stops taking the charge after, say, 2 hours? :confused
great white
1st May 2006, 12:03
So what would be the point of charging it for 36 straight hours if it stops taking the charge after, say, 2 hours? :confusedIf it is fully charged after say 2 hours that means that it is not working to full capacity and was evidently not fully decharged and recharged to maximum on the date of when it was purchased....All rechargeable battery products even replacement batteries have a small charge chucked in them at the factory to make sure they work. To get optimum performance a complete decharge and a full on charge is required the first charge thus depending on manufacturers instructions is anywhere between 24/36 hours......
How many times I got to say it.....READ THE MANUAL!!! I know it is difficult for us blokes to but then when you get a bloke going ape on the phone cos his newly bought washing machine is dancin' around his kitchen and the reply to the question of whether he had removed the transit bolts for the drum was a no... You begin to get a tad fed up with such stupidity.....
Paul H
2nd May 2006, 10:15
This is hilarious.
GW, what doesn't it charge again? :laugh:
It's common knowledge that when you charge a battery for the first time you do it for ages to preserve its life. Can't remember, and nor do I care. It's just the way things are.
It might be common knowledge, but the phone i bought wasnt new anyway.
So i have no idea if the original owner did charge it according to the manaual.
Anyway, i drained it, and left it on charge for a day, turned it on this morning at 5AM, still showing 3 bars, fingers crossed it lasts atleast another couple of days.
Paul H
3rd May 2006, 01:43
You could always do what I did, buy a $1300 phone, drop it, and be forced to use a $100 phone because you can't be arsed paying $300 to get it fixed.